Shampoo drain



Feb. 3, 1931. L.. v. CANNADY SHAMPOO DRAIN Filed Nov. l, 1929 764227 dvmady.

Patented Feb. 3, 1931 PATENT OFFIE SHAMPOO DRAIN Application led November rlhis invention relates to improvements in shampooing and has reference more particularly to a shampoo drain which is constructed in such a manner that it can be employed in connection with an ordinary barbers chair.

A barber in giving a customer shampoo ordinarily makes the customer bend forwardly over a washbowl while his hair is being washed and rinsed. rlhis is an uncomfortable position and tor this reason the customers do not like to have the hair shampooed in barber shops.

t is the object of this invention to produce a drain ot such construction that it can be placed on top of the head rest and which shall be provided with a curved portion to lit the back of the customers neck and a spout or tube that leads from the drain to the washbowl or sink.

This invention, briefly described, consists of a dish which is formed preferably of semirigid rubber and which is provided at one end with a notch which is adapted to lit the customers neck. Means is provided for securing the device to the customers neck in such a way that a comparatively watertight connection will be formed, whereby any water that tiows downwardly will iiow into the drain and be carried away through a. trough 0 or tube whose free end is connected with the washbowl. In order to make it possible to employ this drain in connection with a barbers chair in such a manner that the customer can rest the back of his head on the headrest, the drain is provided with a central portion made of ieXible rubber which is recessed in such a manner that it will receive the headrest and permit t-he adjacent parts of the drain to lie below the top of the headrest.

Having thus briefly described the invention the same will now be described in detail and for this purpose reference will be had to the accompanying drawing in which the preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated, and in which:

Fig. l is a side elevation showing my original shampoo drain in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my original shampoo drain;

1, 1929. Serial No. 403,928.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3 3, Fig. 2; and

Fig. Il is a section taken on line 4 4, Fig. 2.

In the drawing numeral l represents the seat or" an ordinary barber chair which is provided with an adjustable back 2, to the end ot' which a head rest 3 is secured. The chair and the head rest do not orm part of my invention but have been shown merely for the purpose of better explaining the invention and the manner in which it is used. The improved drain board has been illustrated in perspective in Fig. 2 and is preferably made from rubber composition, and may be of variable degrees ot' flexibility. The shampoo drain has a pan-like part which is provided along its outer edges with an upturned flange 4. At thel end of the pan-like portion the upturned edge is curved inwardly in the manner shown in Fig. 2 so as to provide a recess that is adapted to receive the neck ot' the customer. Straps 5 and 6 are secured to the flange 4 at the end of the recess and are adapted to be connected at the front or" the customers neck so as to secure the drain in place and so as to force the portion marked 7 against the back of the neck and hold the parts against the neck with suiiicient force to prevent water lio-wing in between the customers neck and the flange of the drain. A spout 8 is provided on'the side opposite from the neck receiving recess and this spout may be of such length that it can be extended to the washbowl 9 in the manner shown in Fig. l. A detachable hook lO is secured to the tree end of the spout and serves as a means for anchoring it to the washbowl.

In order to make it possible to usethisshampoo drain in connection with the ordinary type of barbers chair the central portion of the bottom of the drain is formed from soft rubber which is bagged so as to formy a pocket 11 that is adapted to receive the head rest 3 in the manner shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. With the exception of the material forming the pocket ll the drain can be made of semirigid rubber composition and may even be made of metal. It is my plan at present to make the plane of rubber composition and to have all parts thereof, with the exception of part 11 of such rigidity that it will hold its shape Without danger of sagging and of permitting the Water to flow over` the flanges 4. If necessary the material can be reenforced either with metal fabric o1' with any other suitable reenforcement so that it will hold its shape. This, however, is not necessary except in rare instance as by properly compounding and vulcanizing the material the necessary rigidity can readily be secured.

I am aware that metal shampoo boards have been constructed Yfor use in shampooing in beauty parlors where an ordinary straight backed chair is used to seat the customer, but those are so constructed that they are n-ot adaptable to and are not used in connection with barbcrs chairs and therefore are not adapted to be used in the same manner as in the invention herein described, and it is my intention to claim as my invention the idea of providing a shampoo drain with a pocket extending upwardly and of suicient size to receive a head rest so that the drain can be employed with ordinary barbersy chairs in the manner shown and described.

Having described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. A shampoo drain made from rubber composition7 said drain having a pan-like portion provided with a bottom and an upstanding edge, one end of the board having a neck receiving notch and the other end a trough-like member extending outwardly thereon, the bottom having a bag-like p-ortion of soft rubber which is adapted to receive a heaflrest.

2. A shampoo drain having a pandike portion provided with a bottom and an upstanding iange, one end of the drain having a neck-receiving notch and the other having a drain extension, the bottom having a portion of its under surface provided with a pocket which is integral therewith and adapted to receive a. head rest.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

LESTER V. CANNADY. 

